By Aron Goldman

Unstoppable! That’s what we are.

230 of us crammed into the library community room on Monday night, representing critical movements up and down the Valley. The energy was amazing, and we accomplished three big things:

1- In 17 breakouts, we dove deep into climate justice; LGBTQ rights, race and anti-hate; economic justice and the foreclosure crisis; immigration, and voting rights and democratic engagement.

2- We clarified how Progressive Massachusetts’s concrete legislative and electoral resources can augment the region’s heroic grassroots movements.

3- We triumphantly announced the first Progressive Mass chapter in western Mass: Progressive Pioneer Valley!

Gorgeous photos and notes from each breakout are posted on the FB event page.

Many are asking where to sign up to be part of this. Here you go: Right here, below. 

We’re busy entering data, setting our next organizing meeting, and more.

So keep spreading the word, and watch out for more invitations to plug in, and announcements of organizing meetings and events.

And congratulations to all of us!

via the Progressive Pioneer Valley Organizing Team

(Brenda, Ryan, Tony, Jochen, Cynthia, Rod, Ernesto, Jesse, Sara, and Aron)